In the pack, Matt Mullan, Carlo Festuccia and Phil Swainston make up the front row, with Joe Launchbury and Tom Palmer partnering in the second row and Ashley Johnson, James Haskell and Nathan Hughes team up in a formidable back row.

Stade Francais have made three changes to the side that narrowly lost away to Toulon on the last day on the Top 14 regular season.

Both half-backs have been changed as Spingbok fly-half Morne Steyn and French international scrum-half Julien Dupuy replace Jules Plisson and Jerome Fillol respectively